DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/10 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 58.4 - - 52.5 - - 56.6 - - 46.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 61 - - 153 - - 115 - - 15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1006 - - 1045 - - 1389 - - 370 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 920 - - 920 - - 1137 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1895 - - 1934 - - 2278 - - 1259 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 403 - - 383 - - 344 - - 356 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 165 - - 225 - - 226 - - 75 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 9 - - 14 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 305 - - 069 - - 076 - - 093 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 9 - - -4 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 592 - - -282 - - -1139 - - 122 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1304 - - 2216 - - 3417 - - 1137 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 318 - - -8211 - - -8203 - - -8852 ODpotential blCL - - - 1577 - - 10145 - - 10481 - - 10111 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 96 - - 90 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 0 - - 220 - - 1700 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 58.4 - - 52.5 - - 56.6 - - 46.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 55.7 - - 46.0 - - 44.9 - - 44.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 58.0 - - 51.7 - - 56.1 - - 46.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 55.0 - - 44.9 - - 43.9 - - 44.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 61 - - 153 - - 115 - - 15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1006 - - 1045 - - 1389 - - 370 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 85 - - 60 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 9 - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96392 4 326 1 039 4 183 19 284 96392 89303 2 006 1 258 4 323 9 282 89303 83822 4 208 7 232 7 327 7 293 83822 79259 11 177 10 228 15 269 8 293 79259 75308 6 223 11 246 19 245 18 270 75308 71794 13 267 18 258 18 259 20 264 71794 68602 31 277 34 259 33 262 27 254 68602 65674 39 262 40 254 41 262 27 250 65674 62950 49 252 45 257 47 259 39 263 62950 60289 58 247 56 256 53 253 49 261 60289 57500 59 252 58 256 58 254 59 258 57500 54603 63 260 60 256 63 258 64 253 54603 51830 68 261 63 257 67 259 64 254 51830 49326 72 259 71 257 67 259 73 257 49326 47079 78 255 79 256 77 257 74 252 47079 45047 76 252 82 249 82 253 96 261 45047 43201 75 254 73 248 87 256 108 256 43201 41521 74 262 69 263 90 255 99 252 41521 39982 82 267 90 268 91 258 95 254 39982 38546 82 266 97 262 99 258 103 254 38546 37195 77 261 85 257 98 255 108 249 37195 35891 75 262 79 255 93 252 105 247 35891 34569 72 266 80 253 89 252 97 245 34569 33198 69 268 73 253 87 253 84 242 33198 31779 63 260 68 256 82 252 74 239 31779 30294 57 254 69 258 78 250 66 238 30294 28729 53 254 71 259 73 252 62 237 28729 27085 52 253 70 259 70 254 61 239 27085 25361 52 249 66 256 67 251 60 241 25361 23562 50 250 60 256 64 250 59 244 23562 21692 48 251 53 255 61 255 56 248 21692 19744 49 253 50 252 57 258 54 251 19744 17712 42 259 46 246 53 256 52 251 17712 15644 35 259 39 246 53 252 50 247 15644 13656 27 262 29 245 53 247 51 243 13656 11848 21 267 24 243 46 238 52 238 11848 10239 19 267 18 243 36 221 52 237 10239 8804 19 250 17 235 39 215 48 237 8804 7521 20 244 23 232 38 213 43 236 7521 6378 21 255 25 231 36 208 40 229 6378 5361 20 251 21 228 33 198 37 217 5361 4464 19 248 18 226 29 188 35 208 4464 3672 15 262 16 218 24 181 32 198 3672 2963 11 268 11 201 14 160 28 186 2963 2342 9*277 6*123 14*082 23 168 2342 1832 6*297 9*071 15*077 18 115 1832 1448 5 305 9 068 14 076 17*096 1448 1185 5 308 9 068 14 075 16*093 1185 1027 5 308 9 068 13 075 14 092 1027 936 5 310 8 068 11 074 11 092 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography